Men's Cross Country

Men 6th at James Earley Invitational, Courtney Testa Leads Women's Team

Oct. 11, 2008

WESTFIELD, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's men's cross country team finished sixth in a 21-team field at the James Earley Invitational, hosted by Westfield State at Stanley Park Saturday.

The men had 178 points, 151 points behind first-place Trinity. The Corsair women had only four runners and did not receive a team score. Carleton was first with 25 points.

"All of the women ran well," said UMass Dartmouth Assistant Coach Deon Barrett. "Courtney Testa has led us all year, Jess Carpenter ran a phenomenal race, and Stacey and Deirdre worked well together. For the men, Travis, Jared and Eric Nygaard really stepped it up, considering that we were missing three of our top runners due to injury and illness. Eric Holmes has been our leader for the past couple of years, and he did a great job, and Matt Lemanski had a breakthrough race. The team score really does not indicate how well we ran."

The Corsairs will return to action when they visit Williams next Saturday.